Some IDE give a huge leg up with intelisense and the like. Currently I work in Visual Studio in C# with a developer tool called ReSharper. I have a good in-depth knowledge of the language so I do not touch google much, sometimes but not often. The tools I use help you in the right direction as you typeas long as you know roughly what you want.

That said I have written code for 30+ years. The more you do the more you know.

Kavemantech is right, learn to adapt and accept new knowledge. When you find new techniques stash them in your knowledge tool box. The more tools you have the better your chances of having the right one for the job :)